Lac du Canot Fishing near Albanel, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Canot is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. The bank gives way to boreal forest. It measures about 20 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 2.5 km on foot. Albanel at 51 km is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit Dolbeau-Mistassini (53 km) and Pont Rouge (56 km). It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Canot

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Lac du Canot for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -20°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Expect Lac du Canot to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Lac a Treffle, 1.8 km away. Treat Lac du Canot as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.